Hold the front page (lawyer’s request)

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Journalism is changing faster than at any time in its history but still not as frequently as the law. The editors of McNae’s Essential Law for Journalists need to revise their textbook roughly every two years which, since an up-to-date edition is required reading for media students, must be fine for royalties but involves constantly beating deadlines. As journalists turned academics they should feel comfortable with that.

To publish before the new university year was supposed to be completed by February. But as pages were en route to the printers new information was being added almost daily as laws were